During my usually ramblings through the internet a few weeks ago I stumbled across
Liquid Galaxy. Liquid Galaxy is a project developed by a few Google engineers that enables Google Earth to be sync'd with multiple computers. After finding a quick start guide, I was off to figure out how I could get my Mac to talk nicely with another one (or six) to create a panoramic Google Earth tour for my students. The quick start guide found
here, was easy enough to follow and within minutes I had two Macs talking wtih each other.
Seeing the earth spin across two screens was fun, but getting the earth to spin across three was even better.
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| Liquid (mini) Galaxy |
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Over the last few days I was able to figure out,
with some help, how to add a second row of monitors to the image. Learning about pitch, roll, and yaw were not on my to do list but were interesting none the less. I plan on using projectors and three portable projection screens to create an environment where the student will be completely immersed in the Google Earth Landscape. Using tours created by
Google Lit trips and myself, the students will experience a book as a traveling member of the book exploring with the characters as we read. I am starting off with a target audience of students in Kindergarten to Second grade range and perhaps expanding to older students.
Depending on how that works, the sky, moon or Mars might be the limit with Google Earth. Iwill post more pictures once the projectors are setup and running.
Here are some videos of Liquid Galaxy. My bet is elementary kids would love to see the aquarium!
